Bio of VAN SANT, Frank W. (b.1881), Hennepin Co., MN
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EXTRACTED FROM: History of Minneapolis, Gateway to the Northwest; 
Chicago-Minneapolis, The S J Clarke Publishing Co, 1923; Edited by: Rev. 
Marion Daniel Shutter, D.D., LL.D.; Volume I - Shutter (Historical); 
volume II - Biographical; volume III - Biographical

Vol III, pg 294-295
F. W. VAN SANT (Frank W. Van Sant)
Minneapolis numbers-among her progressive young business men F. W. Van Sant,
president of the F. W. Van Sant Company, which he incorporated in 1915. He was
born in Terre Haute, Indiana, on the 26th of April, 1881, a son of John Clarke
and Kitty (Barfield) Van Sant.
In the acquirement of his early education F. W. Van Sant attended the public
schools of Minneapolis, in which city he has resided thirty-nine years, and
subsequently he took a course in salesmanship in the Y. M. C. A. For twelve
years he was in the employ of W. S. Nott & Company and then for two years was
with the Hudson, Thurber Company. During that time he paid close attention to
the thing at hand and in August, 1913, engaged in business for himself, selling
tires and oils. He handled all makes of tires for a time, but finally dropped
all except the Goodyear, which he now sells ex­clusively. For eight years he has
handled Gargoyle Mobiloil and he sells more tires and more oil than any other
dealer in the Twin cities. In 1915 he incorporated his business under the name
of the F. W. Van Sant Company, with himself as president; J. C. Van Sant, vice
president; and R. E. Brown, secretary-treasurer. The best principles of
integrity and honesty have governed Mr. Van Sant in all transactions and he is
held in high confidence and esteem by his fellowmen.
On the 7th of October, 1903, was celebrated the marriage of F. W. Van Sant to
Miss Fannie Esther Bigg, and to their union two children have been born:
Benjamin Clarke and Jane Elizabeth. Mrs. Van Sant is a woman of charming
personality and she is prominent in the club and social circles of Minneapolis.
Since attaining his majority F. W. Van Sant has given his political allegiance
to the republican party and the principles for which it stands. Although he has
never sought nor desired public preferment, he is ever cognizant of the duties
and obligations of good citizenship and is never too busy to give his aid in the
furtherance of any movement for the upbuilding of the city, county and state.
Fraternally he is a thirty-second degree Mason; a member of Hennepin Lodge, No.
4, F. & A. M.; Minneapolis Con­sistory; and Zuhrah Temple of the Mystic Shrine.
As one of this city's foremost business men he holds membership in the Lions
Club and socially he is identified with the Automobile Club and the United
Commercial Travelers. There is no phase of his business with which Mr. Van Sant
is not familiar and his genial and pleasing person­ality as well as his innate
business ability have been dominant factors in winning for him his present-day
success.